The world that you can go walk outside and walk around the block. That’s reality. The reality that’s being talked about is something else entirely.
JERRY GARCIAAs long as we can play, we’ll play, regardless of what it’s for, who it’s for or anything. It’s fun for us – that’s the important thing.
More Jerry Garcia Quotes
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How many Beethovens are there that just for lack of the training, the world doesn’t get exposed to.
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… Grateful Dead – that’s it !! … nobody in the band liked it, (the name) I didn’t like it, either, but it got around that that was one of the candidates for our new name, and everyone else said, ‘Yeah, that’s great.’
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People may need something to celebrate. They need a context in which to celebrate things. They need something that fills the void that’s left by the bankruptcy of religion and so forth.
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We are experiencing a real confusion here in the United States, you know. Why is it OK to drink, but it’s not OK to take drugs?
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To me, that’s the key thing, the pursuit of happiness. That’s the basic, ultimate freedom.
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Nobody stopped thinking about those psychedelic experiences. Once you’ve been to some of those places, you think, ‘How can I get back there again but make it a little easier on myself?’
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What’s been great about the human race gives you a sense of how great you might get, how far you can reach.
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We have quite a large area, and that makes it more fun for us – certainly more satisfying, because it doesn’t restrict us to one particular idea or one particular style.
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The bigger issue, was the whole takeover of the food industry by big corporations.
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Too much of a good thing is just about right
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If something doesn’t work, it becomes obvious immediately. This just isn’t going to work.
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Nobody wants to get hurt. Nobody wants to hurt anybody. We would all like to be able to live an uncluttered life.
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America is still mostly xenophobic and racist. That’s the nature of America, I think.
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You do not merely want to be considered just the best of the best. You want to be considered the only one who does what you do.
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It doesn’t matter what their music is, you can find something that you can play together, with what their culture is.
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